dotage

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations

Word Origin

dotage (n.)
"the state of one who dotes," c. 1300; see dote + -age. Originally of all sorts of mental impairment, not just that resulting from old age. First recorded late 14c. for "senility."

Example

1. She gets the winter passion , and I get the dotage ?
2. I 'm not in my dotage yet ; I can still drive to gilly .
3. In my dotage , I am celebrating my true inner self and feel really and truly free for the first time in all these years .
4. Ford would recover from the dotage of its erratic boss to be a great company once again .
5. A similar number of britons live in france , but mainly for a sunny dotage in the bucolic south .

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